27-Time Big West Conference Coach of the Year
2012 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Women's Coach of the
Year

In his 36 seasons at the helm of the UC Santa Barbara swimming
program, Gregg Wilson has posted a dual meet record of 363-243-1
(205-128 with the men and 158-115-1 with the women). Even more
impressive, his squads have collected 39 Big West Conference
Championships, 26 men's titles and 13 women's team titles. The
Gaucho men won 23 consecutive titles from 1979-2001, with Wilson
leading the way in all but one year (Bernie Stenson coached the
team in 1984).

During the 2010-11 season, Wilson helped UCSB open a new chapter
as the Gauchos joined the Pacific-12 Conference (men) and the
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women). UCSB also reinstated
its diving program after an 11-year absence.

Since joining its new conference, the women’s team has
twice placed second at the MPSF Championships and this past spring
Wilson garnered MPSF Coach of the Year honors.

Wilson experienced a career first over three decades into his
time at UCSB during the 2011-12 men’s season as the Gauchos
compiled their first undefeated dual meet record of 6-0.

In all, Wilson has garnered Big West Men’s Coach of the
Year honors 15 times and Women’s Coach of the Year honors 12
times for a combined 27 awards.

He has coached 20 athletes to conference Swimmer of the Year
honors and five to Freshman Swimmer of the Year accolades.

Not just a dominating program at the conference level, Wilson's
teams have also excelled at the national level. His men's teams
have been ranked as high as 16th nationally and several of his
swimmers over the years have advanced to the NCAA Championships. In
fact, the men's team has turned in 31 All-American performances
under Wilson, with 23 Gaucho men earning All-American honors. Among
the All-Americans he has coached are Olympic gold medalists Richard
Schroeder, Jason Lezak), 50-meter freestyle world record holder
Bruce Stahl (the first person to ever hold this world record) and
distance ace Carl Larsen.

Wilson took the reigns of the Gaucho women's program during the
1984-85 season and immediately led them to a Big West Championship.
The women won 13 Big West Championships and came in second nine
times with Wilson at the helm. The UCSB women have sent 29 swimmers
to the NCAA Championships and the women's program boasts 12
All-American performances and 14 All-Americans under Wilson’s
tutelage.

The 1989 women's team finished 17th at the NCAA Championship
meet, scoring 50 points and producing All-American performances in
both the 200 and 800 freestyle relay events. The seventh place
finish in the 200 free relay was the highest ever by any UCSB relay
team. Kim Bryson became UCSB's first four-year NCAA
All-American.

Anne Marie May placed third in the 50 freestyle at the 2009 NCAA
Championships, making her the first Gaucho woman to medal in an
event at the meet.

A native of Walnut Creek, Calif., Wilson is a graduate of Las
Lomas High School. He was an All-American student-athlete at Diablo
Valley Junior College, where he competed in both swimming and water
polo before transferring to Cal. While at Cal, Wilson participated
in both sports. He earned his bachelor's degree in physical
education in 1972 and received a master's degree in physical
education in 1975.